Letter to the editor: Same old, same old

Published 4:38 am, Monday, March 9, 2015

To the editor: It appears Congressman Brady and his Republican counterparts are up to the same old tricks on the backs of the American people. Put a poison bill (immigration issue) into an unrelated but critical funding bill (Homeland Security) then say we have done our job, why are the Democrats holding up funding?

Please understand what is taking place here. Congressman Brady is willing to put the nation’s security at risk in an effort to coerce and extort a reversal of President Obama’s executive order surrounding immigration. These are the same tactics he used when he threatened to let the nation default if the president did not de-fund Obamacare.

When will our congressman and his party’s elected officials understand our democracy does not function that way. When Congress does not have the votes to override a presidential veto, you can’t threaten him with harm to the nation in order to get his vote. This is not only unethical but in violation of Congressman Brady’s duty to his voters and the nation.